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Just this morning ~ D: Mom, I kinda foraged your signature yesterday.... Me: I think you mean you forged my signature. I doubt you were wondering the school trying to find it.

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This evening ~ S: What should I wear to First Friday? Me: I don't know. Something warm. S: I'll wear this, this and this.... But I said I'd get dressed. Me: Well, getting dressed means your not showing up naked. S: No. What I mean is it's kinda, sorta a date.... Me: Ooooh. So you want to look cute? S: I always look cute.

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Driving in the car with my three teenage daughters, the radio cranked, singing Margaritaville at the top of our lungs. Then having conversations like this: Me: This is such a weird song. Who carries around a salt shaker? And has boots in their blender? S: I'm pretty sure it's booze in the blender. Me: Nah. It's boots. S: Think about it; what makes more sense? Booze in the blender.  Or boots

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Every so often Sean will talk about one day owning a farm/ranch. I have no idea what the difference between the two are. But he really wants a horse. Or two. And some cows. And chickens. And a vegetable garden. I'm not all that crazy about living on a farm/ranch. I've kinda, sorta been there, done that. I grew up in a very small town in Massachusetts.  My parents were a bit like hippies (

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Me: Wow! That is one ugly necklace! S: What?? It's my fancy one. D asked me to dress up for her concert, so I put on this necklace.

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Yesterday I came home from work to a house that smelled like part of it burned down. Then I saw this: S had attempted to make hard boiled eggs. Despite being told FOUR times, she said she forgot how to make them, called me at work, but I didn't answer (I was with a client), so she went ahead and started boiling eggs in water. She then got distracted playing on the computer and forgot the

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Tonight while doing her laundry ~ S: When I see all my clothes in a pile like this, I suddenly realize how weird they all look.

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S: Look. I can walk across the room without picking up my feet! Me: Are you drunk? S: Do you really think I could do this if I was drunk? I'd be falling over. But I do appreciate your confidence in my stability while under the influence. Thanks Mom.

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S: Mom, I was called a dirty hippy today! Me: Well, if you didn't look so dirty....

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   Although I appreciate your efforts in keeping me and my family safe from imminent dangers with not only a sealed cap, but also a seal under that cap, trying to get a glass of milk at 5 in the morning to go with my bagel and cream cheese has now become a battle between me and the inner seal.

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Last night while watching Gnomeo and Juliet ~ Me: Is it rated 'G'  for Good? R: No. It's rated 'G' for Gnome.

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About 2:30 today in the middle of a conversation: Levi: Do you have only one fingernail painted? Me: Yeah, why? Levi: Just checking.

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Tonight ~ Me: Are you drinking Dad's coffee? S: Yes. He expects it of me and I wouldn't want to disappoint.

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I wanted to get up and go for an early walk this morning. I colored my hair, so I wasn't out as early as I wanted. There was a fog over the lake at the park near the house, and the sun was rising, so I shot a few pictures while I was out. They're all taken on my iPhone and un-edited, except for the black and white of the playground equipment (I used Simply Black & White App).  While walking

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While walking into Walmart to get Christmas gifts ~ Me: You each get $20 to spend on your sisters. S: That's all?  Not $25? Me: Hey, it was going to be only $10 each. R: Mom, you need to get paid more. You have, like, three jobs. Me: No. I have one job. R: But you work for two companies. Me: That's true. R: You should start slacking off.  Then when the boss comes up and says, "You've been

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Remember the anticipation of Christmas morning when you were a kid?  The excitement of counting down the days until Santa arrives? The joy of listening to Christmas songs, and singing along? It's seems to have gotten lost.  For awhile it was replaced w/ the anticipation of watching my kids feel the same thing.  But not so much anymore. Now it's all about "What do I get So-and-So?" And how

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Me: DON'T DILLY DALLY! S: What? Me: Don't dilly dally. S: What does that mean? Me: I'm talking to Pat Sajak.

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Remember when you were 4 and thought all the boys in your kindergarten class were so gross? Some things never change. (I was going to insert a pic of the boys bathroom at work, but didn't want anyone throwing up on their keyboard.  You're welcome.)

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Yesterday while driving home from Goodwill ~ S: There's a place by our house that's selling Christmas trees. Me: There are probably a few places that are selling them. S:  Look! That's where they're selling the Christmas trees!! Me: Oh, yeah, at the nursery. S: They're so precious. This morning when Sean & I get back from Walmart ~ S: Did you get a Christmas tree? Sean: No. There

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30 more random things you might not have known about me....(You can read about the first '50 Random Things About Me' here.) 1. I like painting walls and ironing clothes.  It's relaxing. 2. I like peanuts, but hate peanut butter. 3. For just a few months in the 3rd grade, I was an inch taller than my best friend, Robin. 4. I can't stand it when the toilet lid is left up. 5. I taught myself how

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R: I want to see 'Cowboys and Aliens'. S: Then go to the border!

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The other day ~ S: What are you watching? Me: The Girl Who Kicked a Hornet's Nest. S: Oh. That was a good book, huh? Me: Yeah. And so is the movie. But it's in Swedish, so I have to pay attention & read the subtitles. S: That's annoying. You might as well re-read the book.

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Overheard at WalMart near the posters ~ Teen Girl One:  Oh My God!! I'm so in love with Justin Bieber!!!  I totally have Bieber Fever.  And I don't think there's a cure! Teen Girl Two:  Sure there is.  It's called a lobotomy.... I have no clue who that kid is, but I L-O-V-E her!!

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Overheard outside of Albertson's ~ Guy:  So, how you likin' Arizona? Girl: It's, like, so slow down here.  In Philly it's, like, movin', things always happenin'. You can walk down the street and buy a ruffie. Guy:  You can do that here, but only in certain neighborhoods.

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Please be considerate of those in the household who are vertically challenged (me) and not push the laundry detergent to the back of the shelf that is already a foot above said housemates head.  Thank you. Sincerely, The Shortest Person in the House

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I must speak up about your horrible pictures.  They are not at all attractive. Not in the very least. So I feel it's my duty to give you some pointers on what not to do in your mirror pics. 1.  This is the most important step to taking a mirror pic ~ CLEAN THE MIRROR! 2.  Clean off your sink/vanity.  I understand bathrooms can be small and short on storage space, but for the love of God,

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I'm cranky, craving, and bloated. My hair looks like shit, I have break-outs on my chin and none of my clothes fit right. God! It's like I'm 15 again!

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Have you ever heard of this?  I saw a recipe for monkey bread about 2 years ago, but never took the time to make it.  Plus, it takes 3 packages of refrigerated biscuits, and that wasn't always in the budget. Well, last week, the biscuits were on sale for .89 cents a can, so I decided it was time to make us some monkey bread.  Plus, it's probably the easiest recipe around!! WARNING!  This is

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Tonight after dinner ~ D: (Coming into the kitchen with a blanket wrapped around her head.)  Look Mom, I'm from Arabic! Me:  Don't you mean Arabia?  Arabic is a nationality.  And a font.

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The other day ~ R: Mom, you have over 1000 photos on your phone and about 1/3 of them are of clouds.  That's ridiculous.

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Dear Mom, Remember that summer right after I graduated? The one where I spent the entire time sleeping? I can now totally relate to how much it drove you crazy. Love, Your daughter who now has one of her own who is doing the same thing.

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"He can jump that high because he's a ballerino." ~ Explained by Savvy to her sisters.

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I'm their mother and I can.... She really needs to let me take more pictures of her.... She really needs to stop taking so many pictures of herself.... She really needs to stop looking so serious in all her pictures.... All photos taken with the iPhone 4 and edited in Frame Magic.

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Me:  Would you like me to cook some kielbasa, rice and veggies? R:  Yeah.  But can you wait and not make it until 5:00. Me:  Okay.  What time is now? R: 4:49

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It was beautiful this morning, so D & I decided to get out of the house and take a walk to the park next to the house. Instead of clogging up this post with words, I will let the photos do all the talking. To see all the photos from our morning at the park click here

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Me:  Are you drawing a scary face on the pumpkin? Levi:  Yeah.  Sure. Me: (Glancing over at his work) No you're not.  You're drawing 'Allied Gate'. Levi:  No.  You're drawing 'Allied Gate'. Me: Nah.  I'm cutting.  'Cause I'm all Emo and shit. (Don't worry. I was simply cutting paper with a paper cutter)

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While I wait at work for Sean, I need to vent. If you follow me on Facebook, you've heard just a few of my rants on one of my co-workers.  But I need to vent in more than 140 words!! We have a salesman who has been in sales for at least 15 years, and selling custom iron doors for probably 8 of those years.  Yet he STILL can't get the simplest things right. It really, really bugs the shit out

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Why don't guys just learn to pee with the seat down? That would end a lot of arguments...

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Some days, this is just so fitting... (Don't freak and take it literally.  I have no desire to kill myself!)

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My laptop of 6+ years bit the dust a few weeks back, right in the middle of organizing all my digital scrapbook files and photos. I was not a happy camper. Turns out it is beyond reviving, both the hard drive and motherboard are fried. So, my boss was kind enough to let me borrow an extra work laptop they had laying around. So, I went back to organizing.  I thought I'd start with my photo

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Like many on this day, we think back to ten years ago when our lives were changed. Many forever. For me, September 11, 2001 was a day full of emotions. I got the news of the Twin Towers getting hit by my sister-in-law while I set in the hospital next to my then 5 year old, totally oblivious of anything outside that hospital room. I think I'd been in the hospital with her about two weeks by

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The other day: Me: It's like 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'. S: What??? Me: Haven't you ever heard of the musical 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'? S: I have no idea what you're talking about. Me: Your vest is like that. Except it's really more like 'Savvy's Amazing Technicolor Dreamvest'. S: I have no idea what you're saying.  This is going on Facebook.

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R: I love Justin Bieber. I want to see him in concert. S: Maybe he'll be singing with  Warp Tour!

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I have now become that person who looks at the clock at 9:43 PM and thinks to herself; "Shit! It's that late already?!"

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A few weeks ago ~ Me: Hey! Doesn't this cloud look like a bunny? R: No. Me: Really? You can't see the bunny laying down? R: No. Me: Look. Here are it's ears and it's tail.... R: Mom, you really need to stop taking pictures of clouds. If I tell you it looks like a bunny, will you stop taking pictures of clouds? ME: Yeah, sure....So, does it look like a bunny to you? R: No. A few days

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Before I tell you what I came here to tell you, a little back story. Sean FINALLY quit driving cab. After 18+ years of driving, he's realized he is not making any money at it. (Forget the fact that I've been telling him that since, like, day 1.) Anyway, we can't afford for him to not work (Plus, him laying around the house was driving me mad!) so I got him a job working for the cleaning company

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It was so quiet today at work, I was talking to myself. To bad I wasn't listening. I had a great idea and now I don't know what it was....

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I've sat down to write this dang post so many time last week, but someone, or something kept interrupting me. So while everyone is still in bed, I have some quiet time to myself. Last Sunday, Jan, Jane, D & I took the light rail to downtown Phoenix to the Heard Museum. They have free admission every Sunday through the month of July. One of Jan's co-workers told her about it, so we thought we'd

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My awesome Wednesday began with me waking up at 2:00 AM, trying to go back to sleep, realizing that ain't gonna happen and getting up at 3:00, hopping on the computer and figuring out my finances (that should've put me in a coma, or deep depression), "planning" a last minute surprise party for my youngest and sending out evites, getting ready for work, getting to the office and printing out a

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It's been extremely slow at work lately. In fact, it's so slow, that 99% of the calls lately have been telemarketers. Not my favorite call. Yesterday I got two that went something like this: Me: Good morning, Allied Gate. Caller: shufflescrapeslithermumblerustle.... Me: Hello. This is Allied Gate, how can I help you? Caller: Do you speak Spanish? Me: No. **Click** About 45 minutes later.

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While watching TV the other night, R was snacking on the last crumbs at the bottom of a bag of Tostitos tortilla chips. When she was finished, she was reading the package. A side note; some may think this is odd, R reading the bag of chips, but I spent my childhood reading everything. I would read the cereal boxes. Every last word on them. And shampoo bottles. You name it, I read it. So I

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Last night S was going out with H to a friend's birthday costume party. I knew from his Facebook status that it was going to be a drinking party. (Yes, I stalk my kids on Facebook. How the hell do you think I know what they're up to??) So before she left, I told her to please be smart and not drink. And don't let H drink. And for God's sake DO NOT get in the car if H does drink. Now just for a

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I was doing laundry and talking to myself, in my head, when I thought "Instead of yammering to yourself, why don't you jabber on your blog? Maybe then you'd get some feedback. Maybe." So I finished putting the laundry away, sat down to put to paper here the conversations I was having with myself in my head. And you know what? Once I began typing, those conversations stopped! There was no

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When it got close to S graduating, I had mixed emotions. I no longer do. Now, I can't wait until she moves out! It hit me when, after graduation, she was practically out of the house for 3 or 4 days going to graduation parties and spending a night or two with a friend. With her gone, the house is cleaner, the food last longer, and there is so much less bickering. And, there haven't been

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Last night I made stuffed mushrooms. I've never had stuffed mushrooms, much less made them. But I had a wild hair up my ass to make some. Having no clue how to make stuffed mushrooms, and only knowing I did not want them stuffed with meat, I went on a hunt through cyber space to find the perfect recipe. I didn't quite find what I was looking for, so I did like I do with so many things I get a

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I know. I've been a  horrible Blogger. Sorry. I just haven't had the desire to sit at the computer and ramble on about "everything and nothing at all". (Name the song that line's from) But I'm doing it now. Sitting at the computer that is. I'm not so sure how much rambling I'll do. Next Thursday S graduates. I have mixed feelings about the whole thing. Like many Moms, I want her to go out in the

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Me to R: You get that big ol' bugger nugget? R: Actually, no. I didn't.

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Man, it feels like forever since I've taken the time to write about, well, anything! It's not that I'm this super busy, full time working mom of three. It's more like I work 8 hours a day, 5 days a week at a computer and when I get home, I really have no desire to spend another hour or two at my laptop. I've been diligent about taking a photo every day, but when it comes to uploading it, I peter

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The other night: Me to S: Are you reading Tom Wolfe now? S (sarcastically): No. I'm just looking at the cover. Me: Well, it wouldn't surprise me at all if, in fact, that was all you were doing with the book. S: Actually, I do like the picture and like looking at it a lot.

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Earlier today ~ D: Mom. Guess what I got. Me: Hopefully not pregnant. Or a STD.... D: Hahaha. I got Harry Potter.

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S, while looking in the freezer: I love our freezer.  It cooks ice cubes really fast!

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There was a little carnival just down the road from us, so Thursday night R & I grabbed my camera and iPhone, then headed over to check it out. We spent a little over an hour there walking around and taking pictures.   It was fun! It would've been funner if there were more people. People watching at the carnival is so much fun! Check out some of the shots we got (I used my iPhone, R took the DSLR

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If you follow me on Facebook, then you know we recently had to put our dog Cannon down.  We had him for 11 years, longer than any other dog we've ever had. And we will miss him. It's not every dog that will put up with three girls who would dress him up, paint his toe nails, lay on him like a pillow, put makeup on him, color on him with washable marker, and make the cats dance on his back. But

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I have some pretty cool photos from when D & I took a little walk to our nearby park. But with the cold, wind & rain this weekend, I'm feeling way too lazy to upload them. In fact, today, I slept in until 7. I almost never sleep that late. Even on the weekend. So for now I will show you a couple pics I took with my phone using a new app "Hipstamatic".

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Yesterday, since the older two were at sleepovers, I decided D & I needed to get out and do something together. I decided we'd go to Freestone Park in Gilbert where they have a couple ponds, a skate park and carnival rides, among other things. We arrived about 8-8:30 in the morning and it was perfect.  The ducks were eager for the stale bread we offered and there were only about 3 people there.

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If any of you follow me on Facebook (and you should, 'cause let's face it, more happens there than it does here!), then you saw that on Tuesday Wednesday my car died on the freeway as I drove home from work. While I sat there waiting for Sean to rescue me, I played some Angry Birds, Hungry Shark, Jungle Crash Land, iJewels and tried to not let the plink, plink, plink, plink of the hazard lights

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I have a lot to tell you and one thing pretty much has nothing to do with the other.  Just things that've been happening and things I've had rumbling around in my head. So here goes... First let me just say - DAMN!!! It's windy out today! Since our two back to back home shows, I've been really busy at work.  I like being busy.  Busy means money. This afternoon a couple, who saw our sales rep

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I just found out I can post from my phone. So, I'm testing it out. Pretty cool that I can sit here, watch American Idol and write a blog post. All from the comfort of my thrift store recliner!

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My life is pretty boring.  Same ol' routine day in and day out. To give you an idea of just how boring, here is what my day was like yesterday: 4:45am: get up, shower, dress, blow-dry my hair, grab a bagel, read my emails. 6:00am (or there abouts): wake the girls if they're not already up.  Straighten my hair. 6:30am: read my emails, check Facebook, browse my Flickr stream, and basically play on

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S: It's freezing out!   Me: It's only 41°. S: That's freezing. Me: No. 32° is freezing. S: Well, it's almost freezing. Me: Ya know, in some places it's -6° or colder. S: Well, it's really cold and feels like it's freezing. Poor  baby....

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I don't know what it is; the weather, dust in the air, flowers blooming, something.  But the past 4 days my allergies have been acting up. I haven't been sneezing so much as I've had an itchy, runny nose that's bugging me. Like right now. I want a little elf to crawl into my nostril and scratch all my itches. Sounds gross, I know.  But I'm telling you, my nose itches so bad it's driving me up the

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We had back to back home shows this past weekend, and the weekend before that. So, the house is messier than usual and my head is buzzing with a million things I have to get done at work. The first home show we had (Jan. 7-9) was at the Phoenix Convention Center.   Way down in the bowls of the building. Not only was it way down in the basement with horrible signs to find it, it was really small.

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Maybe one of these days, I'll tell you about what's been going on the past week or so.  All the events that led to a sleepless night and this post. But for now I'll just tell you about my new car. Which really isn't all that scha-weeeet. But saying it's scha-weeeet, sounds so much better than saying it's a clunker. Then, again, it's not really a junker. Or clunker. I'm actually proud of it.  It

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